Table 2. Incidence of pathogenic bacteria in examined raw milk and dairy products samples.
Sample type | No. of samples | E. coli | S. aureus | B. cereus | |||
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No. of positive samples (%) | No. of isolates | No. of positive samples (%) | No. of isolates | No. of positive samples (%) | No. of isolates | ||
Raw milk | 70 | 58 (82.85%) | 60 | 12(17.14%) | 16 | 8 (11.42%) | 14 |
Kariesh cheese | 30 | 16 (53.33%) | 16 | 2 (6.66%) | 6 | 2 (6.66%) | 6 |
Rice with milk | 12 | 4 (33.33%) | 6 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 8 (66.66%) | 24 |
Total | 112 | 78 (69.64%) | 82 | 14 (12.5%) | 22 | 18 (16.07%) | 44 |